Question

How were the elements of the friar's plan foreshadowed when the friar first appeared in the play? Why is their timing of the friar's plan critical?

Answer 1

The correct answer is the following.

The plan of Friar is foreshadowed from the beginning of the play in that people, the audience, hears what he has to say about the use of plants, how to mix them to create toxic formulas or dangerous combinations. The Friar’s plan needs to be executed on time. Not before, not after, because it has its reason. Juliette needs to be dead just for any specific time during the story. Romeo needs to know that Juliette is not really dead, but part of the plant, otherwise that could end in a tragedy.

Answer 2

Friar Lawrence chides Romeo for forgetting Rosalin so easily and falling for Juliet so quickly. In regards to Romeo and Juliet's marriage, Friar Lawrence says, "These violent delights have violent ends." (2.6.9). This warning from the Friar foreshadows that Romeo and Juliet's marriage will end as quickly and as "violently" as it began during the party in Act I.